APS-C Wide Angle - wait for the Sigma 10-20 f3.5 release / Canon 10-22 / Tokina 11-16

**District_History_Fan** · 05-24-2009, 02:08 PM

Many of the third party crop camera ultrawides do offer advantages to Canon's 10-22. Using the Sigma as an example (since I chose it over the Canon in a side by side comparison the day I purchsed the lens), you get a 4 year warranty, better build quality, a lens hood, and a nice carry case all for considerably less money than the OEM lens. If you added those items to the OEM (obviously, build quality is one you can't add), the price difference would really be pronounced.

Honestly, it's personal preference as to which lens to buy. That said, the Sigma offers fantastic IQ and is a bargain. The much talked about focusing issues don't apply to the 10-20. Even if they did, its much less critical an issue on an ultrawide than a fast prime.

**crosbyharbison** · 05-24-2009, 06:32 PM

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For what it’s worth, I am evaluating a Tokina 12-24 f/4 this weekend. One of
the best things (in my opinion) is the af/mf 'switch.' You can just push and
pull the focusing ring to toggle (it becomes larger for MF, and tucks away slightly when autofocus is enabled). Vignetting is pretty strong wide open but is easy to fix in post. The lens becomes sharp at f/5.6 with the
corners improving up to f/8.0. The field of view is very noticeably wider than
the human eye and distortion is well controlled. I'm not sure how much wider
10mm would be, but it would be interesting to try out the Canon before I went
with this.
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